A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 28
28 A critical Review of the Pamphlet—‘f a te h -e-Qadian’ [Ghul a m Ahmad] realised that this holy man was indeed ‘the genius of our time, beloved of our period, full of knowledge and wisdom regarding the Quran, and unique in the world’, he went into hiding in some corner of his home. Otherwise, the P i r’s disciples asserted, there would surely have been a great manifestation of a sign of elucidating the wisdom of the Holy Quran, and a display of eloquence in the Arabic language on the part of P i r Meher ‘Al i. When the Promised Messiah as witnessed how the truth was being concealed, he proposed, under Divine inspiration, another method of writing a Quranic commentary, which he outlined as follows in his book Arba'in , no. 4, on December 15, 1900: If P i r [Meher ‘Al i] has a genuine command of composing eloquent commentary in Arabic, and has not used any deception, he will still possess this command. Therefore, I ask him, in the name of Allah, that he should fulfil my request in the following way. He should write a learned commentary in Arabic of not less than four juz’w 13 of a book, on S u rah al-F a ti h ah to refute my claims. I, in turn, will write a learned commentary in eloquent Arabic on the same chapter of the Holy Quran, with the grace and power granted by God, in support of my claims. He is permitted to get help from the scholars of the world, inviting the learned and eloquent men from Arabia, and seeking the help of the professors of Arabic in Lahore and other cities. Starting from December 15, 1900, we shall both be permitted 70 13 A juz’w comprises 16 pages. [Publishers]